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THE 2014 GB 9 BALL TOUR PAUL MEDATI TROPHY
The GB9 Pro Cup and the Rasson Billiards Challenge Cup
Daventry Court Hotel
Sedgemoor Way
Daventry
Northamptonshire
NN11 0SG
United Kingdom
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Friday - Sunday 15 - 17 May 2014

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GRANITE HOLDS FIRM FOR SECOND PAUL MEDATI TITLE

The sixth Paul Medati Trophy has been contested in Daventry, Northamptonshire, with Mark Gray, Karl Boyes, Damian Massey and Mark Lunn sealing victory at the Daventry Court Hotel.

The second main event final of the season saw two seasoned professionals, Mark Gray and Karl Boyes, battle it out to take home what would be their second Paul Medati Trophy � Boyes having win the title in 2009, with Gray taking the title off him the following year.

Gray opened his account with a 9-3 victory over Scotland�s Colin Connor, putting him into the final winners bracket qualification to face Nottingham�s Dave Hopkin. Another 9-3 victory put him safely through into the last 32 and setting up a match with another Dave. This time it was Dave Evans looking to chip away at the Granite, but a 9-4 defeat took Evans out of the competition and saw Gray advance. His last 16 opponent was another GB9 stalwart in the form of Adam Benn Smith, but Gray was in no mood to mess around as he wrapped up a stunning 9-0 victory to line up a quarter final against Jez Graham. His third 9-3 victory of the competition saw Gray dispatch Graham and face Darlington�s Phil Burford in the semi finals. Gray�s excellent record of relatively low scores in the competition continued here, as he saw out a 9-5 win to deny Burford his second consecutive main event final and secure his own spot in the final.

A 9-3 victory also opened up Karl Boyes� account in this year�s Paul Medati Trophy, as he took out Estonia�s Denis Grabe in the opening round. His winners bracket qualification match saw him up against Adam Stevens. He had no answer to Guapo�s game and, with a 9-1 scoreline, Boyes saw himself through to a last 32 bout with another long time GB9 player in Neil Margossian. Boyes� ruthless streak continued with a 9-2 thrashing of Margossian, but it was all change in the last 16 as he faced a gruelling encounter with Yorkshire�s Dave Nelson. Two of northern England�s finest 9-ball players fought out a good quality contest, but Boyes edged through 9-7 to secure a spot in the final 8. Wolverhampton�s Kevin Uzzell, 2011 Southern Masters Champion, fell short of adding another main event to his CV � Boyes dispatched him 9 racks to 4 and took himself into a semi final with Michael Rhodes. Boyes had secured five different margins of victory already and a sixth was to follow, as Rhodes became Boyes� latest victim in a 9-6 defeat, a defeat which put Boyes into the final to meet Gray.

The final, contested on the beautiful Rasson Victory table, was a case of Gray taking the lead and keeping a firm grip on it. He ran out an 11 racks to 5 winner to pick up his second Paul Medati Trophy title, adding to his victory in the 2010 competition.

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